About us
East Bay Adventures is a group of active, friendly folks interested in socializing with others over 40 at interesting and fun events mostly (but not exclusively) in the East Bay. From dinner to drinks, walking to biking, street fairs to concerts, chances are we're doing it! So join in the festivities, have a great time, and make new friends.
Suggest and Host Events
Have an idea for a good adventure? Contact the organizer with details about a possible event, and we'll see what we can do. Note that business propositions will be ignored.
Members who are outgoing, organized, and punctual are encouraged to host events. Being an event host is an easy, fun responsibility that allows you to reach out and find others who share your interests.
It is recommended that events are limited to 12 or fewer people so people have a chance to talk and get to know one another.
Attendance Policy
Meetup is all about meeting and interacting with people in person or live on zoom. Please RSVP to events ONLY if you plan on attending.
Did your attendance plans change? Update your RSVP!
No shows and last-minute cancellations make hosting events more difficult, and they can be grounds for removal from the group.
Upcoming events
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Bite to Eat and Moth Story Slam
Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, USJoin us for a bite to eat and chat at the food truck outside the Freight and then let’s go inside for the Moth Story Slam.
If you don’t want a bite to eat, but just want to meetup with us for the Story Slam, that is fine too.
THE MOTH STORY SLAM - LOVE HURTS
Time: doors open at 6:00, show starts at 7:00
Location: Freight and Salvage, 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94704
Cost: $22.00 per ticket
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IMPORTANT: You should buy tickets ASAP after they go on sale at 1/14 at noon, if you intend to go. These shows have a tendency to sell out.If they "sell out," there is a very good chance, but no guarantee that if you arrive early ahead of the event you can still get in on standby.
-----------------------------------More about this show and purchasing tickets: The Moth StorySLAM - DIRT | The Freight
From the Freight and Salvage website:
The Moth StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, 5-minute story on the night's theme. Sign up for a chance to tell a story or sit back and enjoy the show!
Tonight’s theme is…
LOVE HURTS: Prepare a five-minute story about a love that made you go OUCH. The agony of deferred love, the misery of good love gone bad, or the anguish of unrequited love. Situationships, friend break-ups, bad romances. The good, the bad, and the ugly that you survived...or you inflicted. A love that "Hurts So Good."Doors Open: 6:00 PM
Show Starts: 7:00 PMIf you forget to buy a ticket and they sell out, you can try joining the line for standing room and potential free tickets. About 20 people got into one show this way. But there's no guarantee.
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IMPORTANT: Re-read all the instructions.
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First Saturday Book Group for February: The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
Milyar Cafe, 3300 Adeline Street, Berkeley, CA, USOn the first Saturday in February, we will discuss The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner,
We will be meeting at Milyar cafe, which has a selection of sweet and savory pastries. Please check back here in case we change the location, and check your email for updates.
Make sure you can receive email from this Meetup group!
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Info from Goodreads:The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
It’s 2003 and Romy Hall is at the start of two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women’s Correctional Facility, deep in California’s Central Valley. Outside is the world from which she has been severed: the San Francisco of her youth and her young son, Jackson. Inside is a new reality: thousands of women hustling for the bare essentials needed to survive; the bluffing and pageantry and casual acts of violence by guards and prisoners alike; and the deadpan absurdities of institutional living, which Kushner evokes with great humor and precision.This book was published in 2018 and should have good availability for library checkout or paperback purchase.
Make sure you can receive email from this Meetup group.
Please re-read the Note at the top of this message about where we will meet.
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Game Nights 2026 - Wednesday or Thursday Nights
Location not specified yetPandemic, Five Tribes , Wingspan, Ticket to Ride, Catan, oh my!
If you enjoy playing board games like those listed above and are looking to play once a month or so on a Wednesday or Thursday evening, please DM me via meetup.
If you have not played games like those listed, please watch some videos on them. They may or may not be your cup of tea.
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NOTE: Meet up does not allow me to post a meetup without setting a date. The date on this post is not correct. To find out the date and time, you need to DM me via Meetup.
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Time: usually 6:30 or 7:00 PM.Victory Point cafe has food if you need to get dinner before/during gaming.
I try to find 3-6 people and schedule games based on people's availability to reduce flakiness.
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Again, if you are interested, please message me via Meetup.
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First Saturday Book Group for March: The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
Milyar Cafe, 3300 Adeline Street, Berkeley, CA, USOn the first Saturday in March, we will discuss **The Safekeep **by Yael van der Wouden,
We will be meeting at Milyar cafe, which has a selection of sweet and savory pastries. Please check back here in case we change the location, and check your email for updates.
Make sure you can receive email from this Meetup group!
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Info from Goodreads:The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
An exhilarating, twisted tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the same house in the Dutch countryside during the summer of 1961—a powerful exploration of the legacy of WWII and the darker parts of our collective past.A house is a precious thing...
It is 1961 and the rural Dutch province of Overijssel is quiet. Bomb craters have been filled, buildings reconstructed, and the war is truly over. Living alone in her late mother’s country home, Isabel knows her life is as it should be—led by routine and discipline. But all is upended when her brother Louis brings his graceless new girlfriend Eva, leaving her at Isabel’s doorstep as a guest, to stay for the season.
Eva is Isabel’s antithesis: she sleeps late, walks loudly through the house, and touches things she shouldn’t. In response, Isabel develops a fury-fueled obsession, and when things start disappearing around the house—a spoon, a knife, a bowl—Isabel’s suspicions begin to spiral. In the sweltering peak of summer, Isabel’s paranoia gives way to infatuation—leading to a discovery that unravels all Isabel has ever known. The war might not be well and truly over after all, and neither Eva—nor the house in which they live—are what they seem.
Mysterious, sophisticated, sensual, and infused with intrigue, atmosphere, and sex, The Safekeep is a brilliantly plotted and provocative debut novel you won’t soon forget.
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